Freedom of Information Requests Date FOI Ref Question asked Response provided Received 07/06/17 41/2017 I am researching the differences in how the largest European 1) In the 2014-2015 financial year: countries support regional economies for my PHD proefschrift. I would be thankful if you could send me this information under your a. What was the total number of staff employed by the organization to carry out its Freedom of Information Act. functions of economic growth and job creation?* 41 1) In the 2014-2015 b. Are the members of the organizations board paid a salary? No financial year: c. What was the total amount of money provided by central government to the a. What was the total number of staff employed by the organization organization to carry out the organization's task? £8,010,534 to carry out its functions of economic growth and job creation?* c. What was the total amount of money provided through European Union funds to b. Are the members of the organizations board paid a salary? the organization? £113,385 c. What was the total amount of money provided by central d. Please send details of contracts for goods, works or services (including consultancy, government to the organization to carry out the organization's task? marketing and advertizing space) committed by the organization with a value of higher than 100,000 pounds sterling per year. I am interested in the purpose of the contract, c. What was the total amount of money provided through European value and recipient. Union funds to the organization? All contracts awarded can be found at the following link :- https://teesvalley- ca.gov.uk/tees-valley-combined-authority/transparency/ d. Please send details of contracts for goods, works or services (including consultancy, marketing and advertizing space) committed e. Please send details of all grants made by the organization with a value of higher than by the organization with a value of higher than 100,000 pounds 100,000 pounds sterling per year. I am interested in the purpose of the grant, value sterling per year. I am interested in the purpose of the contract, and recipient. value and recipient. Deepdale Solutions £113,358 RGF Jobs & Skills Investment Scheme - This e. Please send details of all grants made by the organization with a Ltd scheme was developed to help companies value of higher than 100,000 pounds sterling per year. I am interested in the purpose of the grant, value and recipient. take on people looking for work by helping f. Please send details of all loans made by the organization with a to fund new positions with a wage subsidy value of higher than 100,000 pounds sterling per year. I am interested in the purpose of the loan, value and recipient. Zyro £100,069 RGF Jobs & Skills Investment Scheme - This scheme was developed to help companies g. If your organization reported any information on transfers of state take on people looking for work by helping resources for the purposes of fulfilling the transparency to fund new positions with a wage subsidy requirements of the state aid competition rules to the European Commission (whether this was directly or via a central government unit) please send this information for the timescale. f. Please send details of all loans made by the organization with a value of higher than 100,000 pounds sterling per year. I am interested in the purpose of the loan, value and 2) In the 2015-2016 financial year: recipient. a. What was the total number of staff employed by the organization Darlington Borough Development of a new fit for purpose to carry out its functions of economic growth and job creation?* Council £1,100,000 building within the Town Centre Fringe b. Are the members of the organizations board paid a salary? c. What was the total amount of money provided by central g. If your organization reported any information on transfers of state resources for the government to the organization to carry out the organization's task? purposes of fulfilling the transparency requirements of the state aid competition rules to the European Commission (whether this was directly or via a central government c. What was the total amount of money provided through European unit) please send this information for the timescale. Union funds to the organization? For the period in questions Stockton Borough Council were the accountable body for d. Please send details of contracts for goods, works or services TVU and as such requests for this part of the information needs to be made via them. (including consultancy, marketing and advertizing space) committed Attached is a declaration that if you complete and return to ourselves we will be able by the organization with a value of higher than 100,000 pounds to pass this query onto them. sterling per year. I am interested in the purpose of the contract, value and recipient. 2) In the 2015-2016 financial year: e. Please send details of all grants made by the organization with a a. What was the total number of staff employed by the organization to carry out its value of higher than 100,000 pounds sterling per year. I am functions of economic growth and job creation?* 48 interested in the purpose of the grant, value and recipient. b. Are the members of the organizations board paid a salary? No f. Please send details of all loans made by the organization with a value of higher than 100,000 pounds sterling per year. I am c. What was the total amount of money provided by central government to the interested in the purpose of the loan, value and recipient. organization to carry out the organization's task? £24,818,800 g. If your organization reported any information on transfers of state c. What was the total amount of money provided through European Union funds to resources for the purposes of fulfilling the transparency the organization? £58,514 requirements of the state aid competition rules to the European Commission (whether this was directly or via a central government d. Please send details of contracts for goods, works or services (including consultancy, unit) please send this information for the timescale. marketing and advertizing space) committed by the organization with a value of higher than 100,000 pounds sterling per year. I am interested in the purpose of the contract, 3) In the 2016-2017 financial year: value and recipient. All contracts awarded can be found at the following link :- https://teesvalley- a. What was the total number of staff employed by the organization ca.gov.uk/tees-valley-combined-authority/transparency/ to carry out its functions of economic growth and job creation?* e. Please send details of all grants made by the organization with a value of higher than b. Are the members of the organizations board paid a salary? 100,000 pounds sterling per year. I am interested in the purpose of the grant, value and recipient. c. What was the total amount of money provided by central Stockton Borough Local Sustainable Transport Fund government to the organization to carry out the organization's task? Council £214,184 Revenue Projects c. What was the total amount of money provided through European Darlington Borough Local Sustainable Transport Fund Union funds to the organization? Council £359,710 Revenue Projects d. Please send details of contracts for goods, works or services Study into remodelling the station in (including consultancy, marketing and advertizing space) committed Darlington to support better connectivity, by the organization with a value of higher than 100,000 pounds Darlington Borough improved journey times and the sterling per year. I am interested in the purpose of the contract, Council £288,301 commercial development of the station. value and recipient. Acquisition of a building to develop a e. Please send details of all grants made by the organization with a Hartlepool Borough creative industry managed workspace value of higher than 100,000 pounds sterling per year. I am Council £368,044 facility interested in the purpose of the grant, value and recipient. Darlington Borough Enabling infrastructure works on the f. Please send details of all loans made by the organization with a Council £2,016,826 Enterprise Zone site value of higher than 100,000 pounds sterling per year. I am interested in the purpose of the loan, value and recipient. Upgrading existing facilities including Cleveland College of Art construction of a new building for g. If your organization reported any information on transfers of state & Design* £4,038,359 creative industries. resources for the purposes of fulfilling the transparency requirements of the state aid competition rules to the European Materials Processing Creation of an open access technology Commission (whether this was directly or via a central government Institute* £1,825,693 centre unit) please send this information for the timescale. Stockton Borough Road and junction improvements at Council £1,850,000 Ingleby Barwick to support new housing Highway works to deal with settlement that creates level changes in the main Stockton Borough carriageway and improvements to Council £1,825,000 pedestrian access and traffic signalling. * Project spend split over financial years f. Please send details of all loans made by the organization with a value of higher than 100,000 pounds sterling per year. I am interested in the purpose of the loan, value and recipient. Building to provide research and validation services for offshore wind tower Middlesbrough Borough manufacturers as well as for the oil and gas Council £3,000,000 and sub-sea sectors. g. If your organization reported any information on transfers of state resources for the purposes of fulfilling the transparency requirements of the state aid competition rules to the European Commission (whether this was directly or via a central government unit) please send this information for the timescale.